Cégep à distance
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Former names | Centre collégial de formation à distance (CCFD) |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1991 |
Parent institution | Cégep de Rosemont |
| Director | Carole Gaudin |
| Students | 17,000 |
| Location | 6300, 16e avenue , , Montreal Canada H1W 2S9 |
| Language | English, French |
| Website | http://cegepadistance.ca |
Cégep à distance is a distance-education CEGEP that offers services which are complementary to those offered by the CEGEP network. It welcomes a diverse student body, many of whom come from the CEGEP network.
History
[edit]Cégep à distance was created in 1991 by the Cégep de Rosemont which had been mandated by the Ministère de l'Éducation to develop a distance education CEGEP. Initially known as the Centre collégial de formation à distance, Cégep à distance adopted its new name in 2002.[1] In 2005, the ministry entrusted it with the mandate to develop distance education for the English-speaking community. Since 2023, Cégep à distance’s English course selection is only available to visiting students with an authorization to study (commandite) from their college.
Mandate
[edit]The main function of Cégep à distance is to offer through distance education college-level studies programs that lead to a diploma of collegial studies (DCS/DEC) or to an attestation of collegial studies (ACS/AEC), both inside and outside Québec.[2]
As part of that mandate, Cégep à distance may also fulfils the following functions:
- Design and produce distance-education materials.
- Conduct studies and research on distance education.
- Promote partnership and dialogue with the CEGEPs.
- Promote and develop distance education.
- Develop courses and services in English.
Client groups
[edit]Cégep à distance accepts two types of clients:[2]
- Admitted students enrol directly at Cégep à distance. These are students who come to Cégep à distance to…
- Take general education courses (common to all DCSs/DECs) or complementary courses to complete a DCS/DEC
- Earn prerequisites needed to enter university
- Earn a DCS/DEC or ACS/AEC to access the job market or make a career change
- Visiting students with a signed authorization form (commonly referred to as a commandite) from their college to study at Cégep à distance. Their CEGEP issues a commandite so they can enrol simultaneously at Cégep à distance, usually because one of their courses causes a scheduling conflict or because it is not offered in the current session at their home CEGEP. Cégep à distance works with the other CEGEPs to help their students in their educational pathway and allow them to graduate sooner.
A few facts and figures
[edit]- 25,000 students per year
- Over 160 courses, a number of which are designed in English
- 35,000 courses registrations each year
References
[edit]- ^ "Bulletin Clic – Le Cégep@distance, vous connaissez?". clic.ntic.org (in French). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Cégep à distance – Cégep à distance". Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ "Course Selection Guide – Cégep à distance". Retrieved 13 August 2015.